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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 10:00 AM) Its over 500 pages for a three day battle. Which is the challenge I am facing. History is most interesting for most poeple beneath the surface. The real drama and excitement is not a list of names, places, and dates. It's the stuff behind the scenes.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) Remember when debit cards came about? Back then it was cool, now it's dangerous. Say you're strolling through Best Buy and you eyeball a 50" LCD. Not enough cash in your pocket, but you got that debit card! The danger was favorite bar + ATM next door = longer, more expensive nights replacing favorite bar + out of cash = time to go home

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:34 AM) I wasn't much of a civil war person until I actually visited Gettysburg a couple of years ago. Just being on the battlefield and hearing the stories told was enough to get me very interested in it. I found this book, which is just an incredible amount of information and detail on the battle. http://books.google.com/books?id=DsxcBNGyP...;q=&f=false I need to get that before I have to teach it I am reading Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen. Great read so far. I am also leaving to pick up Tecate Journal by Keith Bowden. He spent 70 days traveling down the Rio Grande River.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) True Conservatism is all about preserving the individual. Taking from people to give what others see fit doesn't seem like a very big tent to me. It seems much against people and their rights. Preserving the individual? Perhaps as long as they do not need medical care . . . Tell that to the gays who are denied marriage Tell that to an immigrant who wants a job and a place to live Tell that to a person whose life may be made better from stem cell research Tell that to a controversial artist pushing his 1st Amendment rights The tent seems to be getting smaller for conservatives

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) How incredibly narrow-minded of what true Conservatism actually is. But they still let me in the tent . . . Family values -- Give us 1950s with gays in the closet . . . Media -- Give us Leave it to Beaver, no swearing, no nudity, etc Abortion, make it illegal again. Government -- cut back, eliminate social programs added since 1950 Schools -- get prayer back in, focus on RRR So conservatism has nothing to do with conserving?

Great day to be alive

In Washington's farewell address he argued against political parties, and I really believe he was correct. He had Hamilton and Jefferson fighting each other. Both parties place their interest above the country's interests at times. They may convince themselves they are doing to for altruistic reasons, but we know that is crap sometimes. The parties exist for their self interest and those of the members. It would be the rare person whose beliefs actually line up 100% with either party. Although I guess there are some weak willed voters who follow a party 100% because someone tells them it's the thing to do, or what they hear on the radio, television, and newspapers. Parties understand occasionally needing to break from the party's platform to be alinged with voters in a particular district, but on the big stuff, there is tremendous pressure to stay in line. Since conservatives are more about conserving what we have and not about expanding, there would seem to be less diversity of issues. Get us back to 1950s America. Since liberals believe they can make most everything better with a little government action, and there are so many different areas to expand, there would be more diversity. What becomes the issue is when that list is narrowed down to a do-able list. Some people's pet projects get tossed aside. SS can continue to poke fun, but a Dem team photo and a GOP team photo really does reveal which tent is bigger. But you are only welcome in either tent if you play by their rules. You will only want to be in the tent if it helps you. Your constituents and country be damned.

You have to get undressed and shower to swim in a public pool, why not to get on a plane? If it saves just one life . . .

I actually played in a mini golf tournament. Scary how serious some of the players were. One match needed a referee to follow them along. I lost to some guy that never played a regular round of golf in his life, grabbed a beer, and laughed the rest of the afternoon watching some jerks get all pissed off.

I always felt the pools were similar to being an actuary. Which is, imnsho, the coolest area of accounting and management.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 10:30 PM) That's called the intro, DJ's talk over the music until the lyrics start. It's actually very hard to perfect. When I was a DJ, I could never do it right. Where you using records or carts? We had a little count down thing to tell us when the lyrics started so we could nail it everytime.

just thinking it would have been ok in the I'm drunk thread

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 06:54 PM) Now, people around here got a longer Christmas break, because of my best friend Mr Lake Effect. We use to start in early August and give a three week break and a lot more days off. The Texas legislation got involved and the earliest start date is now around August 25, so we shortened some vacations.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 06:52 PM) It just goes to show you the idea of the "Big tent" is a joke. Its a big tent as long as you agree with everything they tell you to agree with. Didn't he leave the "big tent"? Are you suggesting he left because the party forced him out? Wait, of course, because GOPs are all about integrity and doing was is right, not about what is best for themselves*. *A tip of the hat towards Kap for inspiring me.

So many, the one I like to tell the most was a game in Milwaukee when The Brewers were an AL team. Oz had one of those games where he crushed the ball, but always right at someone. We were sitting a row back from the Sox on-deck circle in seats we got from Selig Leasing. After his third at bat, and just crushing another ball, but getting robbed by a diving center fielder, Oz comes running towards us, takes his helmet off with both hands and in one motion just flings it into the dugout and screams Fock this mother focking Game!! To which I called out, "his English is certainly getting better". Sox won with a late rally so all was well in the universe. In Chicago, my bachelor party part 1 which included a lot of relatives, a charter bus, and results I can't even remember.

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Officially, I have one more day of vacation.

Quilting is popular in Pennsylvania

Seeing all the geology in Big bend had me thinking Balta for a few days

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) Damn, there isn't a single open drive-in within 25 miles of where I grew up. What a lost bit of Americana. Damn you, another internet black hole to lose a few hours at . . .

I had been on GEnie and CompuServe prior to AOL starting. I was around when they would do Road Tours, real world events. I remember the celebration when they reached 1,000,000 subscribers. Which was an amazing number at the time. Prior to GEnie, I racked up some huge long distance bills logging into ExecPC in Milwaukee and The Well in San Francisco.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) He said it, not me. He didn't say "never" but of course, republicans are a disaster and democrats are awesome. (and yes, it's the cheerleader thread, I know). From Rex I don't see your analysis coming from this. It sounds like both the GOP and Griffith have lost in this switch. Seems fair to say that might cause some people to think twice before leaping.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) I was trying to figure out the justification for that as well. All that comes to mind is that they've been victims of state-sponsored terror. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubana_Flight_455 Here is a page on the subject from the Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org/publication/9359/state_sponsors.html Fascinating reading. And just to get a few people here excited I thought only Clinton pardoned criminals As Kap would say "They all do it".